Pakistanis
Sign in to savePakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family (Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies).
Key facts
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- Pakistanis
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- Flag of Pakistan
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- 252.3 million center|frameless|260x260px
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- South Asia
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 241,499,431 (2023 Pakistan Census)
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- 1,814,678 (2022 census)
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- 1,700,000 (2017 estimate)
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- 1,662,286(2021): 1,570,285 – 2.8% (2021): 72,871 – 1.3% (2022): 17,534 – 0.6% (2021)Northern Ireland: 1,596 – 0.08% (2021)
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- 684,438 (2023 American Community Survey estimate)
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- 303,260 (2021 official Canadian census)
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- 235,000 (2013 estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop8
- 150,000 (2009 estimate)
- Ethnic group.pop9
- 140,000 (2022)
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- 130,593 (2017 official estimate)
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- 125,000 (2016 official Qatari estimate)
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- 112,000 (2013 estimate)
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- Ethnic subgroups
- Culture
- Languages
- Religion
- Diaspora
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- Notes
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- Origins of Pakistanis
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family (Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies).
Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis).